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Students in New York will be served Greek yogurt in school cafeterias as part of a federally approved pilot program that begins April 1. The results of that pilot program, including taste tests, will determine whether similar efforts to introduce Greek yogurt in schools will spread nationwide. Officials in New York say they are awaiting guidelines on how to serve the yogurt, which has more protein than traditional yogurt.

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Health insurance carriers requested approval from New York regulators for average premium increases of 17% on individual-market plans and 12% for small-group plans. Rate increase proposals range from 6.1% to 89.1% for individual plans and from 5% to 61.9% for small-group plans.

Most plastic surgery patients are not starlets but are instead mothers, teachers, nurses and other average Americans, says plastic surgeon Anthony Deboni. Patients at Deboni's Central New York office most often ask for minimally invasive rejuvenating procedures such as wrinkle relaxers, dermal fillers and fat transfer. So-called mommy makeovers are also in high demand, Deboni says.

Transportation Security Administration officers screening passengers at New York's Syracuse Hancock International Airport discovered a loaded gun in a man's carry-on bag. Syracuse Police officers investigated, then allowed the man to give the gun to a relative and catch his flight. The man said he had forgotten the gun was in his bag.

Constellation Energy Nuclear Group successfully addressed problems that caused unscheduled shutdowns in 2012 at the Nine Mile Point nuclear plant in New York state, according to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The problems were of "low to moderate safety significance," the NRC said.

Veterinarian Christy Cable recently performed an interspinous ligament desmotomy on a 6-year-old thoroughbred horse with kissing spine, a painful form of arthritis in the back, marking the first time the procedure has been performed in the U.S. Thirty-five horses in England have undergone the procedure, which has a 95% success rate. The former racehorse is undergoing post-operative rehabilitation and is improving.